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“I have nothing to hide”: Why Privacy Matters (threema.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A very, very helpful article to help get people we fight with to understand why this is important for anyone and everyone. Send this to friends and family.

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[–] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Might add this to the pinned posts at the top of idcaboutprivacy... Any objections?

[–] Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah it really breaks it down to simple rebuttals people can actually use to help get through to people.

[–] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Added.